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Psalms 43

Send out your light and your truth

Vindicate me, O God, and plead my case against an ungodly nation; deliver me from deceitful and unjust men.a 2For You are the God of my refuge. Why have You rejected me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the enemy’s oppression? 3Send out Your light and Your truth; let them lead me. Let them bring me to Your holy mountain, and to the place where You dwell.b

4Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, my greatest joy. I will praise You with the harp, O God, my God.c 5Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.d

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Psalm 43 is a desperate plea for vindication and restoration, sung by someone who feels exiled from God's presence. The psalmist cries out against an ungodly nation and a deceitful enemy, asking God to defend his cause. The emotional arc moves from lament to confident hope, culmi

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References· Psalms 43

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v.1 — Psalms 35:1, Psalms 7:8, Psalms 26:1, 1 Samuel 24:15, Psalms 35:24, Psalms 71:4, Psalms 5:6, Micah 7:9, 1 Peter 2:23, 2 Samuel 16:20
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v.3 — Psalms 36:9, Proverbs 3:5-6, Psalms 97:11, John 1:4, Psalms 143:10, Psalms 119:105, Psalms 84:1, Psalms 25:4-5, Psalms 40:11, Psalms 132:13-14
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v.4 — Isaiah 61:10, Habakkuk 3:17-18, Psalms 66:13-15, Psalms 57:8, Psalms 71:22-23, Psalms 116:12-19, Psalms 33:2, Psalms 81:2, Psalms 42:6, 2 Samuel 6:5
d
v.5 — My soul is deeply sad: Mark 14:34; Psalms 42:5, Psalms 42:11

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